Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-02-04
least 1900 miles of territory heretofore
operated as railway express.

operated as a railway express.
Raymond Rodgers Belmont, the young
est son of August Belmont, the New
York banker, shot himself in his fathers
house, Monday night. The reports indi-
cate that he had been drinking and COM
mitted suicide; the family claim that it
was an accident.
A bill has been reported favorablv to
Congress providing for the inspection OF
hogs for export, and giving the Pres
ident power to exclude the products OF
other countries that prohibit the lnpor-
attion of American hog products, when
inspected under the provisions OF TINS
bill.
The police Sunday night raided a
Chinese tea store on Fulton street III
Brooklyn, battered down the doors and
captured "A Chinese who were gambling
and $4,000 in cash. Three prisoners had
$1,000 each and two $4,000 each. They
came from San Francisco, st. Louis,
Chicago, Pittsburg, Newark and Pater-
son, N. j., for the purpose of breaking
the bank of the gambling-house at the
address named.
The Boston police have broken up
gang of boy horse thieves. Among those
arrested were George A. Pease, aged
nineteen, whose brother has just been
sentenced to the house of correction for
robbery, and II. A. Wilson, aged sixteen
pupil of the English high school,
Pease's cousin and of good family. The
ringleaders. Ed. n. Carl, aged twenty,
and James Sullivan, aged fourteen, have
gone to Canada with part of the stolen
property.
The steamer Guyandotte of the Old Do
mnion line sailed from New York for
Norfolk Monday afternoon. When OIL
Long Branch an explosion occurred in
the after part of the saloon by which
Capt. Kelley and James Jastine were
slightly injured and the vessel was suf-
ficiently damaged to make her put back
to New York. The explosion is believed
to have been from dynamite packed in a
satchel that had been left in the closet
room.
A. j. Seligman, II. w. Child, E. w.
Bach and Thomas West, officers of the
Gregory mine near Wicks, Mont, went
there the other day to shut down the
works. Two months wages were due
the miners, who were getting thoroughly
exasperated. So they seized upon the
officers and held them as hostages, also
taking possession of the works. Bach
and West were finally allowed to go to
Helena to raise funds to pay the men.
Mr.. Seligman was held as a hostage and
security for their return. He is son of
Jesse Seligman of Seligman Bros, bank
ers. of New York. Seligman was only
married last month, and had just arrived
with his wife.
The Cabalek tragedy which startled
Cleveland, o., week ago Thursday
when an insane mother killed three OF
her children. mortally wounded the two
Others and hanged herself. had strange
and sad sequel in just week. Mrs. Anna
IL.
brooded over the story in the newspapers
until fascinated by the horrible tale, she
bought package of trough on rats,
mixed the poison in milk, forced her babe
drink part of the draught and took the
rest herself. Both were dead in an hour
Mrs. Roth was 80 years of age and hac
been married II years. Her husband says
she was always cheerful and they never
had any domestic trouble. The details
of the Cabalek case seemed to have ;
horrible fascination for her. She cOult
not read, but her husband read the stor!
to her from Bohemian paper. At he
request he read it a second and thir'
time, and on several occasions she hat
neighbors read it again and again. Sh
talked about little else for several DAYS
and there is little doubt that the terribl
affair turned her head.